tape

Meanings

Plural: tapes

Noun

• a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening
  • "he used a piece of tape for a belt"
  • "he wrapped a tape around the package"
• a recording made on magnetic tape
  • "the several recordings were combined on a master tape"
• the finishing line for a foot race
  • "he broke the tape in record time"
• measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
  • "the carpenter should have used his tape measure"
• memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information
  • "he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview"
• Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
• Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
• Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
• Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
• Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
• An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
• The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
• The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
• A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
• Liquor, alcoholic drink, especially gin or brandy. (Especially in prison slang or among domestic servants and women.)
• Clipping of red tape (“time-consuming bureaucratic procedures”).

Verb

• fasten or attach with tape
  • "tape the shipping label to the box"
• record on videotape
• register electronically
• To bind with adhesive tape.
• To record, originally onto magnetic tape.
• To understand, figure out.

Synonyms

mag tape, magnetic tape, record, tape measure, tape recording, tapeline, taping, videotape

Antonyms

erase